Chapter 143: Joint College Assessment (4)
Everyone carefully judged the direction of the gathering of the necromancers and moved forward, at this time the atmosphere of the team was not the same as before, if everyone still had some luck before finding the platform, then ̇ After Allen's analysis, everyone was already completely tense, after all, if one is not careful, this will really die, and the possibility is probably not small. Of course, there are many loopholes in Allen's speculation, for example, it is not the smell of blood that attracts the necromancer, but the possibility of something else, but as the team progresses, everyone begins to realize that Allen's speculation is indeed very likely.
"These necromancers are agitated...... Rowling said with some uneasiness, as they gradually approached the center of the necromancer's gathering, the necromantic creatures that were originally roaming the forest, some of them roamed around like puppets, some even did not move all day, and only reacted when disturbed, they behaved like soulless dead objects or machines that only responded to specific stimuli. However, the reaction of these necromancers at this moment is completely different.
"Kara, Kara!" I saw a skeleton struggling to push away the undead armor in front of it and wanted to rush forward, but the undead armor seemed to be enraged, and directly turned around and cut the skeleton into pieces with a sword, and then the undead armor turned around and wanted to continue to move forward, but it was torn into pieces of rusty iron by the surrounding night shadows with black tentacles.
Meaningless battles like this are now taking place one after another in the ranks of the undead, these necromantic creatures seem to be affected by something, and suddenly they have changed from soulless puppets to irascible beasts, destroying everything around them as they go, venting their bloodthirsty desires, as if they were ......
"It's like the reaction of the necromantic creatures when Caroline is injured. Rowling muttered to herself, a deep sense of unease in her tone.
"We're going to speed up, it seems that Allen's guess is really correct, we need to find out quickly, and report back to Mr. Bard that they know. Roland said, pulling Rowling, Richie, and Allen, who had come together to investigate, back to the team.
"This kind of information is enough, can't you just report it like this?" Rowling said uneasily, her face had become a little pale, obviously this lifeless environment had a considerable impact on Rowling, who revered the Holy Light, and even affected her mind, but Lilith, who also belonged to the Holy Light lineage, could still support it at the moment, but obviously she was not used to this environment.
"No, our current understanding of things is only at the stage of speculation, empty platforms, irritable necromancers, this can have other explanations, such information will not be valued, it is likely that we will only be regarded as timid students, of course, if my guess is true, high-level necromancers really appear in the examination room, then the results of this assessment are not important, but what I am worried about is ......" Eren said again and again.
Roland was patting Rowling's head to soothe her, and although Rowling had a look on her face that was about to cry, she still bit her lip and endured it.
"You're worried that this is just the beginning, aren't you?" Lilith picked up.
"Yes, so we have to get enough information for Mr. Bard and them to pay attention to, so that they can immediately allocate enough manpower to solve the cause of the incident, otherwise I fear that something more serious will happen. Alan said as he suddenly thought of the meeting he had with Tyre last night, and it was clear that Tyr's fears were showing signs of becoming a reality.
"But Rowling's state ......," Chillis said, looking at Rowling worriedly.
"I'm fine, Goddess Gaia will bless me. After Roland's reassurance, Rowling calmed down a bit, and although her face was still bad, she seemed to be able to move on.
Looking at Rowling's resolute eyes, everyone didn't say anything more.
Everyone continued to move forward in silence, and even Richie only remained at the front of the team under Roland's orders, so as not to be rescued by accident.
"Ge He, what's wrong?" Suddenly, Eren noticed that Ge He stopped with a frown, so Eren turned around and asked.
"It smells of blood. Goh He replied briefly.
"......" Alan and Roland looked at each other, and Richie came back to inquire about the situation when he saw the team stop.
"Come with me. Ge He didn't say much, he walked directly in front of the team and began to lead the way, wearing a complicated black dress that did not affect Ge He's actions at all, only to see that Ge He left everyone behind him with a few jumps, and the black figure almost disappeared into the forest.
Everyone hurriedly followed, only to see that Ge He hesitated, and did not continue to move in the direction where the dead spirits gathered, but turned a slight corner, and it seemed that he was moving towards a high place.
"This is out of the forest?" Not long after following Ge He, suddenly the front became wide, and he had actually walked out of the forest, and in front of him was a large withered yellow grassland, and Ge He was standing on the top of a small hill at the moment, and motioned to the crowd to tell them to go over there.
The group walked up the hill for no apparent reason, and looked down in the direction of Gohyuk's finger.
「...... What's going on?" Roland looked at the scene below, dumbfounded.
I saw that a little farther below, countless necromantic beings were frantically pushing at the moment, and their target was a heavy big stone, countless necromantic creatures crashed into the big stone like ocean waves, and were crushed into pieces by the necromantic spirits pushed behind, but the necromantic spirits were still pushing wildly, as if something inside was crazy to attract them.
"There's a strong smell of blood in there. Gehyuk frowned and pointed to the big rock, which seemed to be the reason for the madness of the necromancers.
"Inside the stones, the stones bleed?" asked Richie, confused.
"No, he means behind the rocks. Roland said.
"Go-hyuk, can you fly up and take a look inside?" Alan said to Go-hyuk.
Ge He nodded, and then flew effortlessly into the air.
"Ge He is a high-level mage of the Wind Clan, how can he fly so smoothly?" Lilith asked Alan as she looked at the easily flying Ge He with some curiosity.
"yes, hahaha. Alan laughed dryly, generally speaking, a mid-level magician may fly with the power of magic, but ordinary magicians can only keep themselves in the air and move forward slowly, this kind of behavior of being a target and consuming magic power is usually not done by a magician in actual combat. It is indeed quite rare for a magician like Goh He, who is only a high-level magician to fly so easily, and of course Alan can't tell them that Ge He was born to fly, that's her instinct or something.
"It's a circular, enclosed valley, the only entrance is just blocked by a large rock, and the smell of blood is probably coming from the valley, and there is also a stench coming from it that looks like meat has been rotting for a long time. Ge Hyuk said with a frown and a nose cover.
"Is there any other place I can go in?" Alan asked after hesitating for a moment, after all, even if the big stone at the entrance is counted, the group of undead creatures gathered is also a big trouble, and it is best to reserve your strength and not waste it on these low-level necromantic creatures.
"On the other side of the valley there is a relatively low entrance that you can barely fly into. Ge Hyuk nodded affirmatively.
"Then ......" Alan looked at the crowd and finally sighed after seeing everyone's eyes.
"Let's go together. 」
They went around to the back of the valley, where there was a small grove that blocked the depression of the valley, and they cautiously advanced, and when they came across a place that could not be crossed, the magicians helped them fly for a short while, and finally they entered the valley.
"This is an abandoned village?" When they entered the valley, they found many decaying wooden houses, which looked like they were supposed to be inhabited, but the village was abandoned after it was turned into a lost dark realm by the gods, and it is unknown whether the villagers have withdrawn or ......
"Where did the smell of blood come from?" Alan asked Go-hyuk, who had been covering his nose since he came in, and Go-hyuk frowned and pointed in the direction.
Everyone carefully bypassed these rotten houses, and the depressing breath filled the entire team, and at this time, everyone had already smelled the smell that Ge He said, like rotten meat that had been rotting for several years, and a foul smell directly drilled into everyone's noses, Rowling's face became even worse, if it wasn't for the wrong place, maybe she would vomit on the spot.
"Click, click. 」
"Titicaca. 」
"Gollum. 」
"Did you hear anything...... Roland took the lead forward, while crawling among the rotten wood and black weeds and thorns, while frowning and whispering to his companions, but before he finished speaking, the scene in front of him directly made everyone stunned on the spot, Rowling couldn't even bear to vomit directly, vomited all over the ground, although Cialis didn't look good, but still squatted down and patted Rowling's back to comfort Rowling, Caroline also frowned, her face was very bad, of course, the faces of others were not much better.
"What the hell is that?"